Lost: "Every Man For Himself" Airdate - October 25, 2006

I was a little worried because it looked like blogspot had crashed a little while ago. So just to be safe, I wrote my blog on the 'ol MySpace page. I really only hit on key points. I am pasting what I wrote there to this site and will be back with more later in the day...of course I say that now, but it will probably be more like next week. Here's what I posted on Myspace:




1. They (Jack, Kate, & Sawyer) are not on the same island!!!! I think I touched on this theory at the end of last season. They are hidden from the other island through some sort of cloaking technology. But didn't the plane crash on the same island where their nice little neighborhood was. I guess it's all up to perspective.

2. Someone has a tumor on their spinal cord. Is it Ben? The preview for next week suggests it, but Lost promos as we have learned can be deceiving. Convenient that Jack's a spinal surgeon, huh?

3. James "Sawyer" Ford was turned in by Cassidy Phillips, his con victim in "The Long Con" from last season. Remember when he does a classic bag switch and there is no one sitting in the black car out front?

4. James is a father. Cassidy drops this bomb when she visits Sawyer in prison. His daughter is named Clementine Phillips. Of course the thought has crossed my mind that it could be Cassidy running a con of her own. He does set up an account for Clementine when he makes a deal with the warden and the Treasury Department.

5. Sawyer was running a con on Munson the whole time. I figured as much from the first flashback. He lied and cheated his way Out of prison. The $10 Million was stashed in Unit 23C in a red Bronco located at a Quick Store Facility outside of Sawgrass.

6. "Live Together, Die Alone." So much for every man for himself.

7. Juliet is really harboring some resentment towards Ben. This has been escalating as Jack starts to get inside her head.

8. "Kill Da Wabbit..." Hey Rocky! Wanna see me pull a rabbit with the number 8 on it out of my satchel? There was no pace maker. Everything seems to be so psychological with the Others.

9. Juliet is a fertility doctor. The crash cart was broken. It seemed that many of the Others don't really know what they are doing when it comes to the medical side of things: "Through the sternum like in the movies." What the hell have you been watching, Pulp Fiction? Oh wait, movies as in the Dharma instructional movies... never mind.

10. She loves me. She loves me not. " I just said that to get him to stop hitting you." BS! You know you love him. Kate's bringing sexy BACK! RRRRooooowwww.

11. That was a short-lived role for Colleen. It was nice of Jack to step up and at least try to help someone. But then he slips back into his , " I don't care about making YOU feel better. Hmmmmfffff."

12. "Of Mice & Men" was the book that was blatantly mentioned throughout the episode.

13. Desmond does use his new gift to help. He tries to get Claire to move and when she resists, he builds a lightning rod because he can now see the future. I wonder if he can see the other island.

14. Ben's a bad ass... and he sees all through his little voyeur room.

Did I touch on everything? You don't want to miss next week. The forums are a buzz because someone is going to die and we are supposed to be shocked when we find out who. I'll leave you with that... for now.

Lost: "Further Instructions" Airdate - October 18, 2006

Before I get started, I have to ask if you waited around for next weeks promo? This show is getting psycho. Is Ben jealous that Kate may have feelings for Sawyer? Or is it all part of his psychological game that he is playing for "Two Weeks?" I'm getting ahead of myself.



I think we know from the last two seasons that Locke has issues... sorry I now mean ISSUES. Who in the hell did he hook up with? He found the love and warmth that a family can provide in a hippie commune-cult with a sweat lodge? (Eddie Murphy as Buckwheat is playing in my head right now- "Pookin for nub in all da wong paces.") It now appears to me that Locke has been an unintentional f-up his entire adult life. He means well, but he is just too naive and trusting of others because he is wanting desperately to be loved and accepted.

Eddie, the undercover cop, took full advantage of this as he used Locke to infiltrate the Coresh-esque (that's hard to say) compound. Eddie thinks that they are planning to blow something up. Locke laughs at this comment. Maybe they do have a plan like that in the works and Locke is too naive to see it. On the surface it looks like they are nothing more than pot dealers. And even though he lowers his gun as Eddie starts to walk away, they left the ending of that flashback open. Eddie did make some pretty "Otherish" statements to Locke, such as, "You're not a murderer. You're a good man."


When Edward came to the commune, he was wearing a Geronimo Jackson t-shirt. This band was mentioned last season. I thought that they were a fake band, but Lindelof and Cuse said that they are a real, but obscure band from the 70's. Here's a pic of the album cover:


Is that Libby holding the tambourine? Something I just noticed is that the wiki search for Geronimo Jackson will re-direct you to "The Hunting Party." That's strange. If you want to read more about this obscure band, you can visit the lostpedia site, but beware of spoilers.



"Lift up your eyes and look north" - Genesis 13:14... paraphrased of course because there was not enough space to write the entire verse on his stick. There are a few other verses referenced on Eko's stick:

John 3:05 - Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Romans 6:12 - "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires."

Acts 4:12 - "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

I can't make out the verse on the top left, but for those who are...uh... for the sake of argument lets say...uh...sad like me... and you have just zoomed in on the screen capture of Eko's stick, the hatch numbers have been carved into it. I can make out 4, 8, 15, & 16, but you know the rest.

So was the stick blown that far up in the air that it just happened to fall on Locke at that moment? And why were Locke, Eko, and Desmond blown AWAY from the hatch when they probably should have implode with it?

We now know that the release of the magnetic anomaly has given one of them a special gift. Desmond can see into the future. I have to credit my wife for that one. She figured it out right away. Hurley also caught on. I wonder if Desmond will share the gift and help the survivors as they set off to rescue Jack, Kate, & Sawyer. I bet Desmond knows that already. He did reference Locke's speech before he made it.

I'm not sure why Locke was mute after the implosion. Perhaps it has something to do with a spiritual re-birth. He definitely gets spiritual inside his sweat lodge (a ceremonial sauna first used by Native Americans). Read more about it here.

As Charlie puts it, the "indoor fireplace is very snazzy." Was Charlie being a bit more of a smart ass than usual? Locke, in his attempt to hasten his little one on one with the island, mixes up some peyote... er well, I assume it's peyote. It could very well be some other sort of hallucinogenic plant.



It's really been too long since we've seen Boone. I talked to Ian over the summer when he was doing a phone junket for his movie Pulse (look at me, I'm name dropping...geez) and he sort of hinted that he may be back on the show. Although only a guest star, I bet we will still see him a few more times this season as Locke's spirit guide as he is there to help Locke find his way again and "BRING THE FAMILY BACK TOGETHER?" WTF? This was a somewhat sinister statement. Maybe it was just they way he said it. Is he referring to the family of survivors? Or could he be talking about the family of the Others? There are supposed to be kids somewhere. Ah damn, my brain is starting to fry. Maybe I should stop for the night... naaaahhh, I'll keep going.


Are Locke's legs that ugly or was that a set up shot to show the point of injury on his legs? As well as show why he was in the wheel chair? It looks broken and maybe burned.


"Someone in this airport is in serious danger. You are the only one who can save them." Even after watching the promo earlier this week over and over, I still find this scene bizarre...in a 12 Monkeys kind of way. "Forget it. He's helping himself" is what Boone says about Desmond. So I guess he will not use his gift to help the survivors. There were a few cool things that the producers threw in for the fanatics:

Hurley inputs the numbers into his computer.


The security wand makes the beeping sound from the hatch computer.


And yes that is Ben wanding Jack in sweat lodge trip, man.


Based on the number of times that "clean up your own mess" echoes in the hallucination, I take it that was an important line? And then the damn polar bear jumps out of the fire causing some temporary and minor incontinence.

This will totally be my album cover if I can ever get my 80's metal band going.


As Eko was dragged by the polar bear, he left a trail for Locke to track him. I wonder how many bears are loose on the island? One was killed and another captured Eko. Mr. Friendly did use the plural when referring to the bears, so we know there were at least two. Funny that Charlie liked to watch nature programs when he was high. I had some friends in college that did the same damn thing. Charlie drops the knowledge that polar bears are smart and crafty... of course these are Dharma bears which means they are probably smarter than the average bear...hey Boo Boo.

"Bad things happen to people who hang around with me." This statement is a forshadowing of what is to come in future Locke flashbacks.

... I hate to quit now, but I need sleep. I'll be back later on Thursday with more screen caps and commentary on this episode.

(***a week has passed and my mind is still a little fuzzy from this episode***)

I am going back through the show just to make sure that I didn't miss anything. I heard a rumor today that a major character is going to die in the episode after next (next being tonights epi because I neglected my blog for a week). Not sure who and I really don't want to see anyone go. Back to "Further Instructions."

Here's a pic of what's left of the hatch:

I asked before, if it imploded how is it that Desmond, Locke, and Eko were blown away from it? Was it when he turned the key? Did that release of magnetic energy send them sailing before that hatch was sucked in? We may never know. Then again, keep it on a back burner because it very well may be addressed in another episode.

So when do you think Hurley's luck will run out? Saved by a canteen...dude. As Hurley is filiing them in on his adventures on the dock, Locke is shocked to learn that Henry, uh...Ben... is "their leader."

Oh look! It's Ben's old Tonka truck. There are a lot of bones in that cave. Even one skeleton has a Dharma logo on it. Are they all bear kills? Could that be some of the people involved in the Dharma Initiative when the "accident" happened in 1984-ish?

"You can still protect them. You can still save them. You will find them... after all, you are a hunter John." So who was speaking through Eko? Someone from Locke's past? God? The island? The Black Smoke? *Insert Mystery Stinger here* Tune in next time when you here Eko say, "Aaaaaaarrrarrrruuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Lost: "Further Instructions" Preview

This promo in itself is just bizarre. If you have been reading my season three blog since I began writing it over the summer, you will recognize the guy pushing the wheelchair.



Here's a quick show synopsis paraphrased from tvguide.com: (I'm going to hide the text because I know some don't like to read any spoilers before watching the show. Highlight below to read.)

During "Further Instructions," we will learn what happened to Locke, Eko, & Desmond after the implosion of the hatch. Hurley will finally make it back to the beach camp and fill everyone in on what happened to Jack, Kate, & Sawyer. Claire finds someone sleeping in Jack's bed... I wouldn't say they were sleeping (or were they). We will be introduced to Nikki and Paulo, two of the new characters added this season played by Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro.

Lost: "The Glass Ballerina" Airdate - October 11, 2006

My wife is sitting across from me screaming that Lost has "jumped the shark." And then she says she wants them to stay on the island and be like Gilligan thus destroying any further credibility in any argument she may make to back up her first statement. So Na na na na na naaaahh...

This episode could have also been called "No Soup For You," "Busted," or "Kate Has A Nice Bum." I really have no idea where to start. Let me just jump in with some of the things we learned (or might have learned if you were paying attention):

1.Time Line Check: It is Now November 29, 2004 on the island and they have been there for 69 days.

2.Benry Gale's full name is Benjamin Linus and he has lived on the island all of his life. I take it he was born there... or maybe he was manufactured there? He can also now be pegged as a voyeur because I just know he was checking out Kate in the shower. It has not been officially addressed on the show yet, but I made the assumption last episode that he and Juliet are married because they appear to be at odds with each other, just like a real couple are when they are bickering. "You never made me soup." Jealous much? To tell you the truth, after seeing Juliet burn those book club muffins, I'm not sure I would eat the soup. It could also be that they are brother and sister.

3. Sun is a pathological liar, defined below:
"Compulsive lying, or pathological lying, is a common disorder often caused by low self-esteem and a need for attention. Often, the liar does not realize how often he or she is lying because it becomes second nature. Compulsive lying alienates friends and loved ones and often brings about the opposite of what the liar wants: instead of getting the attention they often crave, they end up pushing people away. With therapy, many people can overcome their compulsion to lie and salvage their interpersonal relationships before it is too late." - healthdiaries.com

We also learn that Sun knows how to sail a boat.

4. Jin is not a murderer. I assumed last season that we might see future episodes in which he did kill somebody while doing Mr. Paik's dirty work. He let Mr. Lee live and tells him to leave the country; start a new life. A few minutes later Mr. Lee comes crashing down on Jin's car in an "apparent" suicide. Who besides me is thinking that there was someone else in Mr. Lee's room who helped him up and over the rail of the balcony. I'm envisioning a later flash back scene in which Mr. Paik walks out of the shadows in Mr. Lee's apartment. It would also ad a twist if it were Sun in the room, but Colleen says, "I know you are not a murderer," when they are ambushing the boat. I dunno, Mr. Lee was clutching the pearls he tried to give to Sun. Maybe it WAS just a suicide. You just never know with this show. We also learn that Jin understands English better than he lets on and he knows that Sayid and Sun have betrayed him.

5. Alex is back, but only for a few seconds. We find out that Kate is wearing her dress. She also asks about Carl. I wonder if my earlier theory about the other group of "Others" has some legs.

6. Kate & Sawyer: is there a real love connection there or is it all part of their plan? Sawyer kisses Kate knowing it will start a fight. He wanted to get in that scuffle on purpose to size 'em up and see who could throw down. As nice as she appears, there is something about the blonde one (Juliet) that Sawyer doesn't like. He says that she would have no problem pulling the trigger whereas the others have not seen any real action. The most important thing, though: Kate tastes like strawberries and Sawyer tastes like fish biscuits. Backtracking a little, I found out why Kate looked so sad and had cut wrists. It wasn't in the episode, but I found it in a few forums. After she left Ben on the beach, she tried to make a run for it and was roughed up a bit. She was not raped.

7. Sayid's plan was to ambush the Others as they came to the fire. He was going to kill all but two of the Others. With two survivors, one would make the other cooperate.

8. Colleen: she has been credited as a new recurring character, so she shouldn't die from the gun shot wound.

9. The Offer comes in the final five minutes."I want you to change your perspective. If you cooperate, if you trust us, we'll send you home," Ben says to Jack. I love the fact that Jack laughed when Ben says that the Red Sox won the world series. Then watching his face change as he watches the Sox on TV. He seems like he is close to breaking. Will he take the offer? All signs point to "Yes." But I bet it will be like when Lando gets involved with Jabba the Hutt's crew in order to help save Han Solo... ah hell, I'm geekin' out again...

I think that's it. The only other thing that comes to mind is the statement Juliet makes at the beginning when she learns with Ben that they have a boat. "Sailing in circles can keep them busy." Desmond ended up sailing in a big circle. I wonder why that is. Does it have something to do with the magnetism of the island?

I can't wait for the next episode. We will finally find out what happened to Desmond, Charlie, Locke, and Eko after the hatch explodes... and an old friend returns to take Locke on a spiritual journey.

Lost: "The Glass Ballerina" Preview

I have been doing some reading as I get ready for Wednesday night because I couldn't drag myself away from this show if my life depended on it. Here's a little of what to expect: (mostly from TV Guide)

Sayid has a plan to find Jack, but it's going to endanger Sun & Jin. Kate and Sawyer are forced to work in harsh conditions (maybe penance for their sins? possibly? hmmm?)while Ben (Henry Gale for those haven't caught up yet)makes Jack...*insert best Brando impression here* an offer he can't refuse.

Also, Alex (Rousseau's daughter) is back in this episode. I have been wanting to learn more about her; more specifically, exactly why she doesn't seem to want to "go along" with the Others and what their mission is. From what we have learned, she was taken from Rousseau as a baby. You would think that being raised in that environment would have programmed her to think a certain way, the way of the Others. However, she seems to be in the role of a rebel. Maybe she and Carl had something going on, discovered what the Others were really up to, and are trying to get out...where ever out is. Maybe Carl took the heat for Alex when she helped Claire escape and that's how he ended up in the cage. OR... this just popped into my head, I talked about the possibilty of there being two groups of Others many times during season two. I have read that this theory was addressed in the video podcast and that Lindelof and Cuse stated that there are two groups of others. What if the children have their own camp somewhere else on the island and they are living some sort of "Children of The Corn," meets "Animal Farm," meets Peter Pan's Lost Boys kind of lifestyle. That would be wierd. Uh oh, this is turning into more of my own commentary rather than just a quick show synopsis. Let me get back to my original thought.

According to a few sites that I recently visited, we should meet a new recurring character in this episode. Colleen (played by Paula Malcolmson)is said to be tough with obvious military training.

As far as the flashbacks, this episode is reported to be Sun/Jin-centric.

Here's the ABC promo:

Lost: "A Tale of Two Cities" Airdate - October 4, 2006

...hang on...I need a tissue...my eyes are still watering... I can't believe October 4th is finally here... talk amongst yourselves... Ok, I'm ready.

I'm re-watching the season three premiere as I type. I guess I'll go in chronological order, but I really want to jump in and ask the big questions: What will happen over the next Two Weeks? How is it that Juliet has a file of Jack's life and can basically tell him anything he wants to know? And why is Kate so sad when she is brought to the cage opposite Sawyer? Did Fenry(we now know his name is Ben) tell her that he hooked up with Ana? I guess I can try to answer those in a little while. Let's start at the beginning.

I think I'm a little over excited and digging way too deep again, but as Juliet grabs the Petula Clark CD and plays "Downtown," I recognized the inside CD cover. I think it's the sleeve for the Talking Heads "Speaking In Tongues" album.

Link to Talking Heads cover art
Is that important? Probably not. Also, Petula Clark is still alive. Most of the songs that were played during season two had to do with artists who were dead or had disappeared as was the case with Glenn Miller, and we just happen to hear "Moonlight Serenade" (again) on Jack's car radio. We heard it last season on the radio that Sayid and Hurley hooked up and ol' Hugo drops a "lost in time" reference.

The book club is discussing a Stephen King novel. Adam is pretty adamant (no pun intended) that it is "religious hokum pokem science fiction without a metaphor" trash. Something that is said during this quick conversation leads me to believe that Ben and Juliet are married. There have been a lot of rumors claiming that Jack will find a new love interest this season and the most likely candidate will be Juliet. Will this be what sets Benry off?


Anyway, the book title is never mentioned, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was "The Stand." It's about the final battle of good and evil, and a plague that wipes out most of the earth is part of the story line. However, as I check some of the forums, many are saying that the Stephen King book is "Carrie." Yep. I just saw some hi-def captures and it is "Carrie." Juliet also makes a comment about free will actually existing... but we all know that Ben is the one in charge, and they all seem to fear him.



Seeing Flight 815 from the perspective of the Others was incredible. I had heard that the first five minutes would be an opening similar to that of season two. I thought we might see a mystery perspective of the Others taking Jack, Kate, and Sawyer, or another perspective of the hatch explosion. I had no idea that they would rewind it all the way back to September 22, 2004. And where was Ben coming from when they all went outside after the earthquake? Is their utopian society based on polygamy? I'm just throwing it out there folks. As I watched, it seemed Ben and Juliet may have been having some marital problems, if in fact they are married.

After the Others kidnap Kate, Jack & Sawyer, they split 'em up. Jack is in another Dharma Initiative facility, The Hydra Station. Supposedly it's an underwater hatch with a purpose of studying Sharks and Dolphins. I swear I read over the summer that Lindelof and Cuse said that there was no underwater hatch. Actually, I still have the transcript from their appearance at Comicon - 11 a.m.: Cuse and Lindelof deny the existence of an "underwater hatch." Was this meant to throw us off? Or do they want Jack to "think" he is under water? Hmmmmmmm. They also drew blood from Jack's arm.

I couldn't make out everything that was said through the "broken" intercom, but I'm sure everyone got the "Let it go Jack," which seems to be the theme of Jack's life based on what we saw in the flashback which I will get to later. I don't get the repo man story, unless he was doing the same thing Henry...er...Ben was doing when he was captured... telling lies.


Kate wakes up in a locker room with a shower running. It's here that we discover that Kate is not Mr. Friendly's "type." Who the hell is his type? Should we jump in and assume now? They also took blood from Kate.

The whole "wear this" thing was a little creepy, but she looks smokin' hot in that dress btw and the bacon and eggs are making my stomach growl. I may be making a Waffle House run tonight. On the beach Ben makes her feel comforted and civilized and then drops the Two Weeks bomb. "The next two weeks are going to be very unpleasant." Unpleasant just for Kate? Or for all of them? I smell some re-programming coming on.

The beach hut scene totally reeked of "The Silence of The Lambs." "Hello Clarice...I'm having an old friend for dinner..."

Ben even alludes to the possible Kate/Sawyer relationship that should happen this season. What do you think they did to Kate between the beach and the cage. Her wrists were really torn up from the cuffs.

They would not have gotten that way from eating a lite breakfast on the beach. And she had a very sad look on her face.

Sawyer added some great comic relief in the episode as he tried to figure out the sequence to get some food. "What? You've got more important things to do?" he ask Carl.

But I think it was Mr. Friendly who had the line of the night with, "You got yourself a fish biscuit."

I guess the big question here is, who the hell is Carl?

And why is he locked up? Another good question would be, where the hell are the bears? And do they happen to be polar bears? Sawyer gets zapped pretty good by Juliet, and I don't think they showed a close up of his arm with a cotton ball and band-aid on it. Did they not need or want Sawyers blood? Then why was he taken?

What we learned in the last few minutes:
1. Jack is in an "under water" hatch called the Hydra. (Supposedly)
2. The Others were "left over" from the Dharma Initiative which was a long time ago.
3. "It doesn't matter who we were, it only matters who we ARE." This is much bigger than just the Others. This could very well be the underlying theme of the entire show(or even life itself). Let it go Jack... just let it go.
4. They have Jack's (and probably everyone else's) entire life on file. This is very "St. Peters Gate," even though the whole purgatory theory was shot down in the first season.
5. I think we knew this, but just to reiterate, Jack is a spinal surgeon based out of St. Sebastions Hospital in Los Angeles.
6. Jack is beginning to finally "let it go" as he comes to terms with his personal demons.
7. "Look on the bright side. Now you have something to fix." (Himself)
8. Juliet seemed a little pissed at Ben. Was it because he was going to let Jack kill her...or is it just the book club thing?

I haven't even gotten to the flashbacks yet. It's getting late so let me see if I can sum it up quickly. Jack's obsessed with finding out who his wife is seeing on the side...even though she is divorcing him. So obsessed that he has forgotten who he is. He's even ignoring his job... he finished a year before everyone else at medical school, so his job should have been important to him. Jack seems sure that his dad is sleeping with Sarah. Christian has been sober for 50 days, but if I heard the dialog at the end correctly, the little incident at the AA meeting drove his dad to start drinking again. Can I assume that this is when he heads to Australia?

I am so glad that the new season is underway. I'm still a little peeved at the schedule: five more episodes, then a 13 week hiatus until it picks back up during February sweeps to finish out the season. I better get to bed. I have watched it twice already and think I touched on everything. Let me know if you saw something that I may have missed.

Oh, here's a few more pictures that I captured:


Is there a Dharma logo burned into the grilled cheese?... uh...nevermind.



I thought we might get something new from this picture, but I don't see anything out of the ordinary.

EW Article on the premiere

Thanks to Terrie for sending me this link. Jeff "Doc" Jensen from Entertainment Weekly has viewed the advance copy of the premiere and the following are his musings:
EW Article

Crunch Time, Baby!!!!

The season three premiere of LOST is now just hours away... ok so it's still a few days away, but I like to round up since I'm a glass half full kind of guy. I'm a little confused about the first episode though. All summer everything I read about this first show said that it would be Kate-centric. Well, I'm standing in line at Kroger last night and picked up this weeks TV Guide. Josh Holloway is on the cover with a big bold LOST across the front. Anyway, I'm reading the "Sneak Peek" spoilers and it says that this first episode is all about Jack. Huh? Here's what it says: (**Spoiler Alert** Highlight at your own risk)

"Jack will lose it in flashbacks when he suspects wife Sarah of having an affair with his boozin' dad."

I'm going to log off and check out some of the spoiler boards and show websites. I doubt it , but maybe TV Guide has gotten a head of themselves? They are usually on the money with the show synopsis though. I'll be back later.